Recently there have been signs of life in the old Temple Emmanuel building at 24th and Curtis streets, a Frank Edbrooke structure that’s stood vacant and boarded-up for years after serving as home to three consecutive Jewish congregations. And while the Temple, as it’s now called, is already being occupied…
Jumping for joy with the Uganda Project. #67: Andrea Moore As a creative, Andrea Moore can’t be categorized: She works in words and action, embracing poetry, performance, photography, visual art and the less definable art of self-discovery — not just as a form of expression, but as a way of…
Ten years after Brandi Shigley put out her Shigley shingle in the Golden Triangle to forge Fashion Denver, the local entrepreneur, designer and purveyor of the Do What You Love, Love What You Do business philosophy, is still going strong, as are her seasonal fashion markets, which emphasize the work…
One of the best things about the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival is how it changes every year, experimenting with new ways to keep the returning crowds happy. That doesn’t mean that many of its best features — from the focal point of the dragon-boat races themselves to the exemplary ethnic-food…
Robert Rutherford loves Denver, and he’s heartbroken that life’s vagaries are now sending him off toward new beginnings in San Diego. But the co-host (with founder Andrew Orvedahl) of the monthly storytelling project and podcast The Narrators is looking at his move as an opportunity to expand the concept westward,…
The old Temple Emanuel building at 24th and Curtis streets stood vacant for many years until new owners recently took a chance on it, with the idea of turning it into a beehive of artist studios and community projects. And one of the new tenants, Processus, is another work-in-progress: Conceived…
From a special storytelling spectacular with The Narrators at Buntport to a summer new-play festival at Edge Theatre, this week’s performing arts calendar has the proverbial something for everyone. Here are three more ways to stay busy with hot-weather diversions. See also: On the Hot Seat: Who Will Sing For…
Crowds turned out at Tracks this weekend for the fifth annual Apocalyptic Ball, a fundraiser for the Colorado AIDS Project that combines drag queens — including RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Delta Work — and mini-fashion shows for a good cause. Photographer Eric Gruneisen brought back these images and more of…
#68: Gretchen Marie Schaefer Artist Gretchen Marie Schaefer, another TANK Studio member with roots as a RedLine resident, explores issues of mortality, decay and rebirth in two and three dimensions, building installations that take off from where her drawings leave off, using and reusing materials from one work to the…
There’s still plenty of time left for summer reading, and for inspiration this week you can hear authors of popular mystery and pop-culture series. Or you can bone up on your wedding-photography skills just in time to hop on what could be a burgeoning local market for same-sex ceremonies. Here…
Pop-ups, takeovers and celebrations rule the gallery scene this weekend, when a plethora of unexpected exhibitions will take flight all over town. Here are some picks to guide you through the many alternatives. See also: Writing on the Wall: Street Werkz at the Firehouse Art Center…
From participatory performance art on a stage in a picture window to an improvised gag-fest about the pitfalls of speed dating, there are many ways to find relief from the summer heat, whether it’s in a gallery environment or a dark theater. Here are a few of the coolest performing-arts…
RedLine continues its year of celebrating women in art this summer with a show that complements the sculpture retrospective The Material Body, which is on view at MCA Denver through July 13. Senga Nengudi: The Performing Body, curated by Elissa Auther and opening tonight at RedLine with a reception from…
Firehouse Art Center director and curator Jessica Kooiman longed to splash the outside walls of the center with fresh work by regional street artists, but because of the Longmont building’s historic status, it wasn’t possible. So she did the next best thing: she brought it indoors for Street Werkz, a…
Bird enthusiast Lynn Willcockson has been going out in the woods with a pair of binoculars since he was twelve years old. “And I’m not going to tell you how long ago that was,” he says with a wink. But rest assured that his cred as a birdwatcher is cast-iron,…
Great things often have catastrophic beginnings. In Lyons, a foothills town devastated by flooding last fall, that is especially true. The Lyons community stuck together through the disaster, though it’s still rebuilding almost a year later. And because the cozy town on the St. Vrain River already has a reputation…
It’s not unusual for Plus Gallery to throw a group show in the summer, but Ivar Zeile says this year’s offering, Super Human, is his biggest multi-artist exhibition ever, with work from more than 25 local, national and even international artists. More than just a collection of portraits, Super Human…
After more than twenty years, the Cherry Creek Arts Festival continues to attract folks from all over the city — and the world — to browse and buy fine art and craft works by a national roster of artists. Food, live performance and interactive art activities for all all ages…
#69: Andy Juett Andy Juett came to the local comedy scene via radio, and has blossomed into a booster, standup comic, producer, stage host, behind-the-scenes guy and co-owner of the High Plains Comedy Festival, which kicks off its second year in August. But he also rolls out comedy shows all…
Baby, it’s hot out there, but that shouldn’t keep anyone from seeking out new words, whether spoken aloud or written in books. Local slam poets are entering the final stretch before heading off to this year’s national competitions, literary poets are still staging readings and authors are bringing their juicy…
Art & Writing, one of Eric Matelski’s favorite shows to curate, currenty fills the rooms of the historic Milheim House, a stately Denver Square from the turn of the last century, complete with a wraparound porch, that’s now home to Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Conceived as a side trip of the…
Glendale’s Infinity Park is home to the region’s burgeoning rugby scene, but in the summertime, it’s also the place to go for Monday Movie Madness, a bi-weekly outdoor family film fest. And tonight’s offering is Big, the all-ages Tom Hanks blockbuster that celebrates what’s good and not so good about…
